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A Hammock Camping Podcast: Not just for tree-dwellers anymoreMon, 07 Jan 2019 13:08:32 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.9https://www.hyohpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/cropped-100x100-150x150.pngHYOH Podcasthttps://www.hyohpodcast.com
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jonathan@coupal.usCan't stop thinking about hammock camping? Neither can we - connect to and download our monthly podcast to learn more about hammocks, hammocking, hammock camping and the great outdoors with Jonathan, Mark and their special guest.Episode 40 – Make What You Wanthttps://www.hyohpodcast.com/theoutlan/
https://www.hyohpodcast.com/theoutlan/#commentsSun, 06 Jan 2019 23:12:46 +0000https://www.hyohpodcast.com/?p=470This month, Jonathan and Mark chat it out with Lance Smith of the Outlan Channel, a YouTube channel and blog. Lance is an active vlogger, documenting his trips and activities hammock camping with friends and family. He also discusses using this platform for education, and speaks out strongly against lightweight “gear shaming”. After that, everyone discusses how they became hammock camping advocates in the community (hint: we love it!).

After the interview, Mark and Jonathan discuss getting out and what holds us back.

In the new segment, “Hangin Out with Gresh and Spiguyver”, the guys try to answer a listener’s question about women’s safety on the trail.

]]>https://www.hyohpodcast.com/theoutlan/feed/1This month, Jonathan and Mark chat it out with Lance Smith of the Outlan Channel, a YouTube channel and blog. Lance is an active vlogger, documenting his trips and activities hammock camping with friends and family.This month, Jonathan and Mark chat it out with Lance Smith of the Outlan Channel, a YouTube channel and blog. Lance is an active vlogger, documenting his trips and activities hammock camping with friends and family. He also discusses using this platform for education, and speaks out strongly against lightweight “gear shaming”. After that, everyone discusses how they became hammock camping advocates in the community (hint: we love it!).
After the interview, Mark and Jonathan discuss getting out and what holds us back.
In the new segment, “Hangin Out with Gresh and Spiguyver”, the guys try to answer a listener’s question about women’s safety on the trail.
Show Notes:
If you’d like to see the boys’ destroyed tarp, check out Spiguyver’s video here.
If you’d like to check out or purchase the bombproof whisperlite, you can check it out here.Click here to listen the Ladies’ Roundtable episode.
References for the Hangin Out segment:

As always, we are always inviting comments and suggestions on our Facebook page – like us there at https://www.facebook.com/hyohpodcast and join the conversation – we love the questions we have been getting for Mark and Gresh. You can listen to or subscribe to the podcast from a link on our home page online at https://www.hyohpodcast.com or give us a review on our page in iTunes. If you’d like to buy Mark and Jonathan a cup of coffee, go to https://www.hyohpodcast.com/donate to make a one-time donation, or you can donate monthly to our Patreon Campaign at https://www.patreon.com/hyohpodcast. As always, thanks so much for hanging around!]]>HYOH Podcastclean1:22:06Episode 39 – Making Reservationshttps://www.hyohpodcast.com/utahstatepark/
Mon, 03 Dec 2018 18:31:37 +0000https://www.hyohpodcast.com/?p=456This month, Jonathan and Mark chat it out with Chris Haramoto, director of the East Canyon State Park. The East Canyon State Park has embraced hammock camping by installing official hammock camping sites. Jonathan and Mark discuss this with Chris, and then learn a thing or two about how to talk with administration for the state parks that you camp in if you have issues hammock camping. Finally, after learning about some amazing places to camp in Utah everyone discusses their own amazing camping experiences.

After the interview, Mark and Jonathan discuss the benefits of having a bugnet, even in the winter.

In the new segment, “Hangin Out with Gresh and Spiguyver”, the guys answer a listener’s comment about tree selection.

]]>This month, Jonathan and Mark chat it out with Chris Haramoto, director of the East Canyon State Park. The East Canyon State Park has embraced hammock camping by installing official hammock camping sites. Jonathan and Mark discuss this with Chris,This month, Jonathan and Mark chat it out with Chris Haramoto, director of the East Canyon State Park. The East Canyon State Park has embraced hammock camping by installing official hammock camping sites. Jonathan and Mark discuss this with Chris, and then learn a thing or two about how to talk with administration for the state parks that you camp in if you have issues hammock camping. Finally, after learning about some amazing places to camp in Utah everyone discusses their own amazing camping experiences.
After the interview, Mark and Jonathan discuss the benefits of having a bugnet, even in the winter.
In the new segment, “Hangin Out with Gresh and Spiguyver”, the guys answer a listener’s comment about tree selection.
Show Notes:
Here’s a link to the Goblin Valley State Park: https://stateparks.utah.gov/parks/goblin-valley/
If you’d like to learn more about the 50 states project, here’s the link in the Hammock Forums: https://www.hammockforums.net/forum/showthread.php/70866-The-50-State-Project-US-State-Parks-amp-Hammocks
As always, we are also inviting comments and suggestions on our Facebook page – like us there at https://www.facebook.com/hyohpodcast and join the conversation. You can listen to or subscribe to the podcast from a link on our home page online at https://www.hyohpodcast.com or give us a review on our page in iTunes. If you’d like to buy Mark and Jonathan a cup of coffee, go to https://www.hyohpodcast.com/donate to make a one-time donation, or you can donate monthly to our Patreon Campaign at https://www.patreon.com/hyohpodcast. As always, thanks so much for hanging around!]]>HYOH Podcastclean1:10:43Episode 38 – Solo Successhttps://www.hyohpodcast.com/lawson/
Mon, 05 Nov 2018 11:00:12 +0000https://www.hyohpodcast.com/?p=451This month, Jonathan and Mark chat it out with Wes Johnson from Lawson Hammock and discuss his progress from student to sole proprietor of Lawson Hammock. We have a conversation about the process of developing the Blue Ridge Hammock, a hybrid hammock/bivy product for the outdoors industry, and how outsourcing most of his business activities has given him the opportunity to grow a business and still have the freedom to grow his family from anywhere in the country. After discussing his business, Jonathan, Mark, and Wes chat about camping in the rain.

After the interview, Mark and Jonathan discuss camping with kids.

Finally, the HYOH Podcast introduces a new segment this month, “Hangin Out with Gresh and Spiguyver”. The guys answer a listener’s question about having so many hammocks.

]]>This month, Jonathan and Mark chat it out with Wes Johnson from Lawson Hammock and discuss his progress from student to sole proprietor of Lawson Hammock. We have a conversation about the process of developing the Blue Ridge Hammock,This month, Jonathan and Mark chat it out with Wes Johnson from Lawson Hammock and discuss his progress from student to sole proprietor of Lawson Hammock. We have a conversation about the process of developing the Blue Ridge Hammock, a hybrid hammock/bivy product for the outdoors industry, and how outsourcing most of his business activities has given him the opportunity to grow a business and still have the freedom to grow his family from anywhere in the country. After discussing his business, Jonathan, Mark, and Wes chat about camping in the rain.
After the interview, Mark and Jonathan discuss camping with kids.
Finally, the HYOH Podcast introduces a new segment this month, “Hangin Out with Gresh and Spiguyver”. The guys answer a listener’s question about having so many hammocks.
As always, we are also inviting comments and suggestions on our Facebook page – like us there at https://www.facebook.com/hyohpodcast and join the conversation. You can listen to or subscribe to the podcast from a link on our home page online at https://www.hyohpodcast.com or give us a review on our page in iTunes. If you’d like to buy Mark and Jonathan a cup of coffee, go to https://www.hyohpodcast.com/donate to make a one-time donation, or you can donate monthly to our Patreon Campaign at https://www.patreon.com/hyohpodcast. As always, thanks so much for hanging around!]]>HYOH Podcastclean1:10:48Episode 37 – Surprise!https://www.hyohpodcast.com/surprise/
Mon, 01 Oct 2018 13:13:34 +0000https://www.hyohpodcast.com/?p=446This month we have a surprise for you! Jonathan and Mark took a month off and you get a pair of special guest hosts! Gresh and Spiguyver interview Eric Johnson, inventor of the Hangtime Hook, an accessory used for hanging your smartphone or other device from a hammock ridgeline. They talked about the product and then chatted about backpacking and hiking solo versus hiking with buddies or going to group hangs.

After that, Spiguyver and Gresh discuss their downtime activities and the fun stuff you can do when you’re done hiking for the day.

]]>This month we have a surprise for you! Jonathan and Mark took a month off and you get a pair of special guest hosts! Gresh and Spiguyver interview Eric Johnson, inventor of the Hangtime Hook, an accessory used for hanging your smartphone or other devic...Hangtime Hook, an accessory used for hanging your smartphone or other device from a hammock ridgeline. They talked about the product and then chatted about backpacking and hiking solo versus hiking with buddies or going to group hangs.
After that, Spiguyver and Gresh discuss their downtime activities and the fun stuff you can do when you’re done hiking for the day.
Show Notes:
You can purchase the Hangtime Hook through one of the many distribution channels to be found at https://ridgelinemediasystems.com/
The Gresh Outdoors Facebook page can be found at https://www.facebook.com/greshoutdoors/
Watch any of Spiguyver’s videos on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrhciPeCtIKAcZetSoWYxMw
As always, we are also inviting comments and suggestions on our Facebook page – like us there at https://www.facebook.com/hyohpodcast and join the conversation. You can listen to or subscribe to the podcast from a link on our home page online at https://www.hyohpodcast.com or give us a review on our page in iTunes. If you’d like to buy Mark and Jonathan a cup of coffee, go to https://www.hyohpodcast.com/donate to make a one-time donation, or you can donate monthly to our Patreon Campaign at https://www.patreon.com/hyohpodcast. As always, thanks so much for hanging around!]]>HYOH Podcastclean50:32Episode 36 – Drink the Kool-Aidhttps://www.hyohpodcast.com/amok/
https://www.hyohpodcast.com/amok/#commentsMon, 10 Sep 2018 23:48:11 +0000https://www.hyohpodcast.com/?p=441

This month Mark and Jonathan chat it up early in the morning (for them) with Jonas Haug, Steiner Bukve Witsø, and Didrik Abrahamsen from Amok Equipment in Norway. We chat with them about their experience bringing such a unique product online and how they develop it. After that, they discuss some of their experience camping and living in Northern Europe. Finally, everyone shares a little bit of their memories and talks about camping equipment that they’ve been using for years.

After chatting with the guys from Amok, Jonathan and Mark discuss knots vs. “bling” for dealing with the age-old question, how will you hang your hammock and tarp?

]]>https://www.hyohpodcast.com/amok/feed/3This month Mark and Jonathan chat it up early in the morning (for them) with Jonas Haug, Steiner Bukve Witsø, and Didrik Abrahamsen from Amok Equipment in Norway. We chat with them about their experience bringing such a unique product online and how th...
This month Mark and Jonathan chat it up early in the morning (for them) with Jonas Haug, Steiner Bukve Witsø, and Didrik Abrahamsen from Amok Equipment in Norway. We chat with them about their experience bringing such a unique product online and how they develop it. After that, they discuss some of their experience camping and living in Northern Europe. Finally, everyone shares a little bit of their memories and talks about camping equipment that they’ve been using for years.
After chatting with the guys from Amok, Jonathan and Mark discuss knots vs. “bling” for dealing with the age-old question, how will you hang your hammock and tarp?
Show Notes:
If you’re interested in the Draumr XL prototype giveaway, you can go here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aUG9T5gp2TYClick here to read the 2015 Amok Kool-Aid Drinker’s Thread at Hammock Forums.
If you want to learn from Grog about how to tie knots, here’s the website for Grog’s Animated Knots.
As always, we are also inviting comments and suggestions on our Facebook page – like us there at https://www.facebook.com/hyohpodcast and join the conversation. You can listen to or subscribe to the podcast from a link on our home page online at https://www.hyohpodcast.com or give us a review on our page in iTunes. If you’d like to buy Mark and Jonathan a cup of coffee, go to https://www.hyohpodcast.com/donate to make a one-time donation, or you can donate monthly to our Patreon Campaign at https://www.patreon.com/hyohpodcast. As always, thanks so much for hanging around!]]>HYOH Podcastclean1:22:18Episode 35 – DIYhttps://www.hyohpodcast.com/ep35-diy/
Tue, 07 Aug 2018 19:18:54 +0000https://www.hyohpodcast.com/?p=430

This month Jonathan and Mark have a conversation with kitsapcowboy and jellyfish from the forums, chatting about their experiences making gear and how they see the industry changing. After this, Mark puts up his hammock in the woods, and he chats with Jonathan about the process and how much “fiddling” goes into setting up a hammock.

** There were definitely issues with the recording quality on this episode, and we’ve done our best to provide a consistent listening narrative. Thanks for your patience!**

]]>This month Jonathan and Mark have a conversation with kitsapcowboy and jellyfish from the forums, chatting about their experiences making gear and how they see the industry changing. After this, Mark puts up his hammock in the woods,
This month Jonathan and Mark have a conversation with kitsapcowboy and jellyfish from the forums, chatting about their experiences making gear and how they see the industry changing. After this, Mark puts up his hammock in the woods, and he chats with Jonathan about the process and how much “fiddling” goes into setting up a hammock.
** There were definitely issues with the recording quality on this episode, and we’ve done our best to provide a consistent listening narrative. Thanks for your patience!**
Show Notes:
Here’s a link to the Gemini Underquilt, and the Fronkey style bugnet that Jonathan recently DIY’d.
You can find and contact kitsapcowboy at his website at http://www.chrisbynum.com/, and jellyfish on the forums as well as her youtube channel and her personal blog.
As always, we are also inviting comments and suggestions on our Facebook page – like us there at https://www.facebook.com/hyohpodcast and join the conversation. You can listen to or subscribe to the podcast from a link on our home page online at https://www.hyohpodcast.com or give us a review on our page in iTunes. If you’d like to buy Mark and Jonathan a cup of coffee, go to https://www.hyohpodcast.com/donate to make a one-time donation, or you can donate monthly to our Patreon Campaign at https://www.patreon.com/hyohpodcast. As always, thanks so much for hanging around!

]]>HYOH Podcastclean1:09:04Episode 34 – Time to Get Moving!https://www.hyohpodcast.com/couch2trail/
Mon, 02 Jul 2018 11:00:12 +0000https://www.hyohpodcast.com/?p=417This month Jonathan and Mark get to talk with John and Cathy Pennell, an adventuring husband and wife team who have chosen to start adventuring together later in life, showing us that it’s never too late to have some fun in the outdoors and get healthy while doing it. We have a great conversation about backpacking and hammock camping with your significant other, and play the dating game while we’re at it! After that, we chat a little bit about downtime activities.

Jonathan and Mark also have a discussion and (they think) some sage advice about setting up for a backyard hang.

]]>This month Jonathan and Mark get to talk with John and Cathy Pennell, an adventuring husband and wife team who have chosen to start adventuring together later in life, showing us that it’s never too late to have some fun in the outdoors and get healthy...with John and Cathy Pennell, an adventuring husband and wife team who have chosen to start adventuring together later in life, showing us that it’s never too late to have some fun in the outdoors and get healthy while doing it. We have a great conversation about backpacking and hammock camping with your significant other, and play the dating game while we’re at it! After that, we chat a little bit about downtime activities.
Jonathan and Mark also have a discussion and (they think) some sage advice about setting up for a backyard hang.
Show Notes:
You can find John and Cathy’s blog posts at https://couch2trail.wordpress.com/.
If you were thinking of buying it, click here to buy Dutchware’s adjustable wall hangers.Here’s a link to Colorado Springs’ FOX21 followup on Hammock Camping.
As always, we are also inviting comments and suggestions on our Facebook page – like us there at https://www.facebook.com/hyohpodcast and join the conversation. You can listen to or subscribe to the podcast from a link on our home page online at https://www.hyohpodcast.com or give us a review on our page in iTunes. If you’d like to buy Mark and Jonathan a cup of coffee, go to https://www.hyohpodcast.com/donate to make a one-time donation, or you can donate monthly to our Patreon Campaign at https://www.patreon.com/hyohpodcast. As always, thanks so much for hanging around!]]>HYOH Podcastclean55:14Episode 33 – Finally!https://www.hyohpodcast.com/derekhansen2/
https://www.hyohpodcast.com/derekhansen2/#commentsMon, 04 Jun 2018 14:29:24 +0000https://www.hyohpodcast.com/?p=413This month, Jonathan and Mark invite Derek Hansen back to the podcast, having an extra-long discussion about the re-release of his compendium about hammock camping, “The Ultimate Hang”, as well as the history of hammock camping, DIY’ing hammocks and hammock gear, as well as his updated app for Android and IOS. Before we finish, we have a challenging conversation about advocacy and its role in hammock camping, and then finish up chatting up good reads to bring on the trail.

After an interesting conversation with Derek Hansen, Jonathan and Mark chat about snacking on the trail.

Show Notes:

The contest will go from June 4, 2018 until September 10, 2018 when the winners will be announced. The 2 winners will receive a signed copy of “The Ultimate Hang, Second Edition” and have their hammock camping tip illustrated by Derek Hansen personally and posted to his website, www.theultimatehang.com.

]]>https://www.hyohpodcast.com/derekhansen2/feed/3This month, Jonathan and Mark invite Derek Hansen back to the podcast, having an extra-long discussion about the re-release of his compendium about hammock camping, “The Ultimate Hang”, as well as the history of hammock camping,This month, Jonathan and Mark invite Derek Hansen back to the podcast, having an extra-long discussion about the re-release of his compendium about hammock camping, “The Ultimate Hang”, as well as the history of hammock camping, DIY’ing hammocks and hammock gear, as well as his updated app for Android and IOS. Before we finish, we have a challenging conversation about advocacy and its role in hammock camping, and then finish up chatting up good reads to bring on the trail.
After an interesting conversation with Derek Hansen, Jonathan and Mark chat about snacking on the trail.
Show Notes:
The contest will go from June 4, 2018 until September 10, 2018 when the winners will be announced. The 2 winners will receive a signed copy of “The Ultimate Hang, Second Edition” and have their hammock camping tip illustrated by Derek Hansen personally and posted to his website, www.theultimatehang.com.
If you want to purchase your own copy of “The Ultimate Hang” by Derek Hansen, here is a link to buy it on Amazon.Here’s a link to Multimok’s outline of how to work with a state regulator.This is the thread on the Hammock Forums, which contains a link to the spreadsheet indicating which agencies have hammock-friendly regulations.
We’ve mentioned the Hangtime Hook a number of times in our podcast, here’s a link to their Facebook page if you want to buy the new version as soon as it’s released.
As always, we are also inviting comments and suggestions on our Facebook page – like us there at https://www.facebook.com/hyohpodcast and join the conversation. You can listen to or subscribe to the podcast from a link on our home page online at https://www.hyohpodcast.com or give us a review on our page in iTunes. If you’d like to buy Mark and Jonathan a cup of coffee, go to https://www.hyohpodcast.com/donate to make a one-time donation, or you can donate monthly to our Patreon Campaign at https://www.patreon.com/hyohpodcast. As always, thanks so much for hanging around!]]>HYOH Podcastclean1:39:26Episode 32 – Tensa? I’m Relaxing In My Hammock!https://www.hyohpodcast.com/tensa/
https://www.hyohpodcast.com/tensa/#commentsMon, 07 May 2018 19:00:22 +0000https://www.hyohpodcast.com/?p=402This month, Mark and Jonathan get a rare chance – we begin our interview Cheryl Mitchell from TiggzCraftWorkz, who developed a combination hiking pole and hammock stand called the “NoGround” system, and then we continue to interview both her and her new partner, Todd Fahrner. Cheryl and Todd have started up a company, Tensa Outdoor, and have perhaps one of the most innovative portable hammock stands we’ve seen in a long time. We discuss both the NoGround system and continue to talk with both of them with their new tensegrity-based solution they’ve dubbed a tensahedron. After chatting about the challenges of bootstrapping a capital-intensive business, we chat about using hiking poles (of course).

After chatting with Cheryl and Todd, we discuss some of the ways that hammock gear can be used as multi-purpose gear.

Finally, Jonathan reviews his new chameleon sidecar attachment for his Chameleon Hammock.

]]>https://www.hyohpodcast.com/tensa/feed/1This month, Mark and Jonathan get a rare chance – we begin our interview Cheryl Mitchell from TiggzCraftWorkz, who developed a combination hiking pole and hammock stand called the “NoGround” system, and then we continue to interview both her and her ne...TiggzCraftWorkz, who developed a combination hiking pole and hammock stand called the “NoGround” system, and then we continue to interview both her and her new partner, Todd Fahrner. Cheryl and Todd have started up a company, Tensa Outdoor, and have perhaps one of the most innovative portable hammock stands we’ve seen in a long time. We discuss both the NoGround system and continue to talk with both of them with their new tensegrity-based solution they’ve dubbed a tensahedron. After chatting about the challenges of bootstrapping a capital-intensive business, we chat about using hiking poles (of course).
After chatting with Cheryl and Todd, we discuss some of the ways that hammock gear can be used as multi-purpose gear.
Finally, Jonathan reviews his new chameleon sidecar attachment for his Chameleon Hammock.
Show Notes:
Here is the link for a howto video for making an improvised tarp: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_Hm611ozqo

This month, Mark and Jonathan get a rare opportunity – we chatted with competitors Alex Gash from Sheltowee Hammocks and Jeremy Puskas from Bonefire Gear at the same time. While competitors, Jeremy and Alex are good friends and shared a lot about their experience in business, and the special considerations about insulated hammocks, their advantages and disadvantages, and what got them into hammock camping in the first place. After that, we talked a little about trail names, and finally asked Jeremy and Alex about what’s important to them.

After the interview, Mark and Jonathan talk Gaiters and other “hikers” apparel that you might not see anywhere else.

This month, Mark and Jonathan get a rare opportunity – we chatted with competitors Alex Gash from Sheltowee Hammocks and Jeremy Puskas from Bonefire Gear at the same time. While competitors, Jeremy and Alex are good friends and shared a lot about their...This month, Mark and Jonathan get a rare opportunity – we chatted with competitors Alex Gash from Sheltowee Hammocks and Jeremy Puskas from Bonefire Gear at the same time. While competitors, Jeremy and Alex are good friends and shared a lot about their experience in business, and the special considerations about insulated hammocks, their advantages and disadvantages, and what got them into hammock camping in the first place. After that, we talked a little about trail names, and finally asked Jeremy and Alex about what’s important to them.
After the interview, Mark and Jonathan talk Gaiters and other “hikers” apparel that you might not see anywhere else.
Show Notes:Here’s a link to a thread on the hammock forums documenting a stacking calculator.Here is where you can go to learn more about the Hangtime Hook, which we covered in an earlier episode.
As always, we are also inviting comments and suggestions on our Facebook page – like us there at https://www.facebook.com/hyohpodcast and join the conversation. You can listen to or subscribe to the podcast from a link on our home page online at https://www.hyohpodcast.com or give us a review on our page in iTunes. If you’d like to buy Mark and Jonathan a cup of coffee, go to https://www.hyohpodcast.com/donate to make a one-time donation, or you can donate monthly to our Patreon Campaign at https://www.patreon.com/hyohpodcast. As always, thanks so much for hanging around!